Well at last Labour have brought out a new campaign poster for me to spoof. The only thing is it is so bad I am almost embarrassed to mirror it. It doesn't come more negative. Vote Conservative and die of cancer! They do lead with their chins though, it didn't take long to come up with my alternative, Browned Off!
Gordon Brown is facing a rebellion from his MPs so large that his rapidly constructed conversion to the alternative vote (AV) would be doomed to fail in tonight's vote. Would be that is but for the Liberal Democrat Party proving not only that they are unfit for government, they are unfit for opposition.
Once again it looks like Gordon Brown will avoid a humiliating defeat thanks to the support of the Lib Dems. There is nothing proportional about AV - nothing. So why are they supporting it? It would appear to be in the naive and vague hope that they can influence a referendum on constitutional reform.
The Liberal Democrats plan to table a proposal for the introduction of the single transferable vote which is proportional, but intend to support AV as a "stepping-stone." Its a bit like saying I want to marry you one day but in the meantime I'll satisfy myself by sleeping with your sister.
You don't get to your objective by heading off in a different direction. It is ridiculous behaviour and proves once again there is only one alternative to Labour.
Or perhaps they are just being as cynical as Gordon Brown himself and do not actually care about improving the system but are happy to simply accept one that skews the playing field in their favour. See the table below from Michael Thrasher University of Plymouth:
| 2005 result | Estimated AV result | Change | |
| Con | 198 | 183 | -15 |
| Lab | 356 | 364 | +8 |
| Lib Dem | 62 | 71 | +9 |
| Others | 30 | 28 | -2 |
#87 Keeping Britain at the top of the teenage pregnancy league table in western Europe
#88 Six in 10 career criminals are avoiding prison despite figures showing serial offending has soared in Britain
#89 "Unacceptable" asbestos safety standards putting thousands of children and teachers at risk
#90 Failing to respond to Freedom Of Information requests
#91 Education policy so poor that even six figure salaries don't attract head teachers
#92 Government agencies still failing to pay small businesses on time
#93 Sure Start centres fail to help neediest families.
#94 Education gap between poorest pupils widens under Labour
#95 Just one out of every eight police recruits has a front line role
#96 The worst economic downturn since the great depression
#97 'Stupendous incompetence' wasting 26 billion on failed IT projects
#98 Widening the gap between rich and poor
#99 Britain was the last G20 country to come out of recession and then by just 0.1%
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